Health Funding Explained 12 130M This program was created to meet the medical needs of new and unassigned patients requiring emergency care By definition a new or unassigned patient is not a patient of any physician participating in the call group The health authorities are responsible for managing MOCAP funds and they use the available funding to contract with physicians to provide emergency on call services The health authorities have contracts with physician call groups to provide specified coverage and are provided payment in accordance with the MOCAP policies Rural Funding 2011 12 50M The Ministry currently funds nine rural programs focused on recruiting and or maintaining physicians in rural practice Rural Retention Program established to enhance the supply and stability of physician services through payment of annual retention benefits to eligible physicians Rural General Practitioner Locum Program enables eligible general practitioners to have reasonable periods of leave from their practices for continuing medical education maternity leave vacation and health needs Rural Specialist Locum Program enables specialists in certain rural communities to have periods of leave from their practices for continuing medical education maternity leave vacation and health needs Rural Continuing Medical Education makes funds available to eligible physicians to assist with eligible educational expenses Rural Education Action Plan provides funds to support and facilitate the training of physicians in rural practice and undergraduate medical students and postgraduate residents with rural practice experience Recruitment Incentive Fund makes financial benefits available to eligible physicians to fill vacancies identified or pending vacancies Recruitment Contingency Fund makes payments available to health authorities to assist in the recruitment of physicians to rural communities where failure to do so would have a significant impact on the delivery of medical care Northern and Isolation Travel Assistance Outreach Program funds approved physicians for approved travel to certain communities for providing medical services Isolation Allowance Fund makes payments available to physicians providing services in areas where there are fewer than four physicians and no hospital Ministry of Health Expenditures PHARMACARE PharmaCare helps eligible British Columbia residents with the cost of prescription drugs and designated medical supplies All British Columbia residents can register for Fair PharmaCare to receive assistance for the purchase of prescription medicine Fair PharmaCare is income based Families with lower incomes will receive more assistance than families with higher incomes Full prescription costs are covered by the individual until a specific level of payment is reached Once that level is reached claims can be submitted to PharmaCare to recover a portion of the costs incurred on the prescription medicine For more information please see the PharmaCare website Â HEALTH BENEFITS OPERATIONS Health Insurance BC HIBC administers both the Medical Services Plan MSP and PharmaCare programs on behalf of the provincial government Health Benefits Operations HBO was the administrative unit of the Ministry of Health responsible for registration and claims processing for the Medical Services Plan MSP and PharmaCare In 2004 MAXIMUS was selected by the Province to provide program management and administration services for both MSP and PharmaCare Under this ten year contract MAXIMUS provides services including enrolment account maintenance claims processing services document management and associated IT systems maintenance and production support Exhibit 10 shows the ministryâ s expenditures on HBO over the past four years For more information please visit the MAXIMUS website Â HEALTHLINKBC The HealthLinkBC program provides health information to the public by telephone and website On the website users can find medically approved information on more than 5 000 health topics symptoms and medications tips for maintaining a healthy lifestyle an online directory of available health services and a phone number to call from anywhere in British Columbia to speak with a nurse On weekdays a dietitian is also available to talk about nutrition and healthy eating and at night pharmacists are available to answer medication questions In 2011 12 the Ministry of Health spent 31 million on HealthLinkBC VITAL STATISTICS The BC Vital Statistics Agency provides certificates for birth marriage and death Exhibit 11 shows the agencyâ s expenditures over the past four years from 2008 09 to 2011 12 The expenditures on Vital Statistics show a downward trend over the last four years with the expenditures decreasing from 7 3 million in 2008 09 to 5 4 million in 2011 12 This is a 25 per cent decrease Exhibit 12 shows the percentage spent by Vital Statistics in 2011 12 relative to other ministry core business areas in the same year Vital Statistics is included in the Other expenditures category as are payments to Health Benefits Operations and Emergency and Health Services The Other expenditures account for 1 per cent of the total program area expenditures incurred by the Ministry of Health Health Authority Overview The province s six health authorities are the organizations primarily responsible for health service delivery Five regional health authorities deliver health services to meet the needs of the population within their respective geographic regions Fraser Health Authority FHA Interior Health Authority IHA Northern Health Authority NHA Vancouver Island Health Authority VIHA Vancouver Coastal Health Authority VCHA A sixth health authority the Provincial Health Services Authority PHSA is responsible for managing the quality coordination accessibility and cost of certain province wide health care programs and services Agencies managed by PHSA include the BC Cancer Agency Cardiac Services BC BC Centre for Disease Control and BC Transplant Each health authority must ensure its planning business operations and service delivery activities are aligned with government direction and that in conducting its affairs it achieves its mandate and performance expectations as well as the goals of government In 2011 12 the four goals that guided the British Columbia health system were effective health promotion prevention and self management to improve health and wellness for British Columbians British Columbians have the majority of their health needs met by high quality primary and community based health care and support services British Columbians have access to high quality hospital care services when needed and improved innovation productivity and efficiency in the delivery of health

Publications: 2012 | Auditor General of British Columbia 2013 Annual Report 2011 12 and Service Plan 2012 13 2014 15 June 2012 The annual report on the Office s performance and financial position as well as the service plan for the upcoming years Reporting on Financial Statements in the BC Public Sector under Canadian Auditing Standards June 2012 The purpose of this discussion paper is to consider the various reporting alternatives within the CASs reporting model and to develop tentative Office positions for the financial statement audits conducted within the B C public sector Government Transfers OAG Position Paper June 2012 This guideline focuses on the Office s approach for assessing the appropriate accounting treatment of government transfers from a recipient entity s perspective under the new PS 3410 Government Transfers standard when there are stipulations imposed by the transferor Crown Agency Board Governance May 2012 This report contains the results of examinations of board governance at four Crown agencies BC Transit the University of Northern B C Camosun College and the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority The report was discussed by the Legislative Assembly s Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts on June 11 2012 Development Initiative Trusts An Audit of Legislative Compliance and Public Accountability Practices in the Three Statutory Trusts April 2012 This report brings together the audits of the publicly funded Northern Southern Interior and North Island Coast Development Initiative Trusts These audits examined the statutory trusts compliance with their respective Acts and the quality of their public accountability reporting This report was discussed by the Legislative Assembly s Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts on November 21 2013 Pages first previous 1 2 3 next last Find a publication Keywords Start date Year Year 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998